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Description
While the opportunities of solitude and reflection are lost in the McDowells with the incessant sounds of progress and destruction....a bold and perhaps terrifying lead is not. Access your inner gecko and tighten the laces before romping up this beauty. Clip three bolts (the same for Lickety Split) and then begin your journey right, passing two more bolts, and access the obvious thin crack. Wiggle but don't jiggle your way up the crack to a rusty, original bolt. Climb upward to the shrubs and then traverse right and up to a nice belay. Beware of a large cactus near the belay ledge.
Pitch two continues straight above using three, old, original, distantly spaced bolts to the summit. The climbing on this pitch is easy but a slip would be painful at best.
All new bolts except the one you want the most.....or the final three on the last pitch.
Location
Just to the right of the route Lickety Split. Furthest route on right side of Garderners Wall proper.
Protection
9 bolts, small gear, nuts
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